Dr. Borracho wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:42 am
Ah, my good friend Juan - I'd know him anywhere! His right thumb, of course. They should have used this on the stamp instead of his portrait.
Since you're the only one old enough to know him so well, can you find what document this came from? Could it be from your personal collection?
Was Director of the agency that would become NIST and introduced the Applied Mathematics Division whose job it was to apply statistics to scientific measurements. So I guess we could blame him for FRStat if it was NIST grant funded
Side note: he resigned after being accused and ultimately acquitted of being a Communist.
Was Director of the agency that would become NIST and introduced the Applied Mathematics Division whose job it was to apply statistics to scientific measurements.
Although he is not the Ed Condon I was looking for, he's got a pretty interesting story. And, he was the head of research and development for Corning Glass Works, whose 'gorilla glass' has been used on smart phones for years (some of which use fingerprints to access them). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Condon
Side note: he resigned after being accused and ultimately acquitted of being a Communist.
I guess when powerful politicians don't understand science, and it contradicts the things that keep them powerful, the scientist become the target.
However, the Ed Condon that I'm looking for had his contribution a bit earlier than the National Bureau of Standards (NIST) Ed Condon. A couple of small clues; Wednesday would be a good day to post the answer, and unbeknownst to him he was taking fingerprint comparison to another level.
Was Director of the agency that would become NIST and introduced the Applied Mathematics Division whose job it was to apply statistics to scientific measurements.
Although he is not the Ed Condon I was looking for, he's got a pretty interesting story. And, he was the head of research and development for Corning Glass Works, whose 'gorilla glass' has been used on smart phones for years (some of which use fingerprints to access them). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Condon
Side note: he resigned after being accused and ultimately acquitted of being a Communist.
I guess when powerful politicians don't understand science, and it contradicts the things that keep them powerful, the scientist become the target.
However, the Ed Condon that I'm looking for had his contribution a bit earlier than the National Bureau of Standards (NIST) Ed Condon. A couple of small clues; Wednesday would be a good day to post the answer, and unbeknownst to him he was taking fingerprint comparison to another level.
As it turns out, Boyd... you are correct. After reading more of his Wikipedia page, I found this:
Edward Uhler Condon was born on March 2, 1902, in Alamogordo, New Mexico, to William Edward Condon and Carolyn Uhler. His father was supervising the construction of a narrow-gauge railroad,[4][5] many of which were built in the area by logging companies. After graduating from high school in Oakland, California in 1918, he worked as a journalist for three years at the Oakland Inquirer and other papers.[4]
I haven't seen the image you have above, but when searching out the West's classifications I found Williams to be similar. However, there were a few discrepancies. The images I found have a 1 in front of a couple of measurements (maybe they're implied in yours?), and a "W" instead of a "M":
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I had to compress the heck out of it but I think it'll display. I got this image from a collection at Cornell U. when I was doing research on H. DeForrest.
Even the Bertillion measurements that were taken were different (depending on who took them) so it helps illustrate what we already know--fingerprints are better!
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"...he wrapped himself in quotations—as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of emperors." - R. Kipling, 1893
